We are doctors who work in Ireland, who believe that we can implement universal healthcare. We cannot afford not to. #DoctorsForUHC #Slaintecare
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Here's an article I wrote about the health system
Doctor: Universal Healthcare for Ireland seems further away now than ever jrnl.ie/6607653t
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It’s progress….but in European terms we’re still way short of the mark
All Primary Care should be effectively available to all citizens and nowhere should cost be a barrier to essential services
@IMT_latest @NewstalkFM @gmcrotty @illonaduffy #Europe @RCGP_RoI @JeanCallanan
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The way to break the cycle is by investing massively in public system capacity & more importantly by clarifying our shared values around healthcare.
We remain the only nation in Western Europe without universal healthcare. The status quo will not change until we change it. (2/2)
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Our policy of continually outsourcing hospital waiting lists to the private sector ultimately produces the opposite of what is intended.
After 20 years of growing reliance on the National Treatment Purchase Fund, waiting lists are longer than ever. (1/2)
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This is one reason why we need Universal Healthcare in Ireland. Implementing #slaintecare is one way to achieve this @DoctorsForUHC. Parents feel abandoned over lack of health services rte.ie/news/ireland/2022/030… via @rte
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It is heartbreaking working in a system that lets people down. >800,000 people in Ireland are on waiting lists. I like many other doctors want better than this for our patients. I hope this lovely man I saw 4 years ago has finally gotten the care he deserves @DoctorsForUHC – at Wicklow, Ireland
One NCHD reflected on a patient who she referred urgently for specialist care, only to see the same patient two years later (in the middle of a 48-month waiting list). All the time their suffering increasing. #universalhealthcare
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We heard about the terrible impact of the National Treatment Purchase Fund on public healthcare services, meaning younger surgeons remain untrained, with complex patients having to be re-referred back from private hospitals, eroding continuity of care.
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One NCHD reflected on a patient who she referred urgently for specialist care, only to see the same patient two years later (in the middle of a 48-month waiting list). All the time their suffering increasing. #universalhealthcare
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We heard from Obstetricians reflecting on the absence of fertility treatments for public patients, the lack of access to contraceptive care or unequal access to abortion services. #universalhealthcare
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Hello! Here's a thing I wrote for the @irishexaminer.
Recently I've been thinking about the idea of healthcare as a right. This idea is at the heart of all universal health systems - but we never truly embedded it here. Have a read & see what you think.
irishexaminer.com/news/arid-…
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It's #UHCDay!
The #COVID19 pandemic emphasized and exacerbated health inequities around the 🌍 . WHO calls on governments, donors and leaders to prioritize 👇
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Doctors for Universal Healthcare retweeted
#HealthForAll means that health is not a luxury for those who can afford it, it’s a fundamental human right. @WHO calls on all countries to make the right to health not just an idea or an aspiration, but a legal guarantee. Happy #UHCDay!
Doctors for Universal Healthcare retweeted
Link to the open letter, if you want to get on board. The list in today's paper is already out of date!
(We're only collecting doctors' signatures just for the moment, but watch this space)
forms.gle/mHM5nsv8UzWTiQGS6
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Yes yes yes @DoctorsForUHC Well said. And I know that broadening your group, to include, for example, other HCPs, would be a win win for universal health care. Many share your belief. – at Galway, Ireland
@DoctorsForUHC believe Ireland deserves a universal health system where excellent care is available to all who need it, when they need it, based on clinical need & not ability to pay.
#doctorsforuhc
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GPs say it’s time - and more than time - for universal health care. Hear hear! 👏👏👏 Can’t come soon enough. NB @DonnellyStephen irishtimes.com/opinion/lette…
Doctors for Universal Healthcare retweeted
Fantastic letter! Bravo @DoctorsForUHC
@DoctorsForUHC believe Ireland deserves a universal health system where excellent care is available to all who need it, when they need it, based on clinical need & not ability to pay.
#doctorsforuhc
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Stellar work by @McGlackenByrne and @DoctorsForUHC highlighting the need for reform of the Irish healthcare system to ensure equity of access
Here is @DoctorsForUHC's letter, published today.
Our health system problems do not occur in a vacuum. Ireland does not have a universal healthcare system. Now is the time to change that!
If you're a medic & you agree, add your name (link below)!
irishtimes.com/opinion/lette…
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Delighted to be a signatory of this.
Single-tier universal healthcare is a stated aim of Slaintecare and should absolutely be the way forward for healthcare in this country, both from an economic and healthcare access viewpoint
@DoctorsForUHC
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Doctors for Universal Healthcare retweeted
Here is @DoctorsForUHC's letter, published today.
Our health system problems do not occur in a vacuum. Ireland does not have a universal healthcare system. Now is the time to change that!
If you're a medic & you agree, add your name (link below)!
irishtimes.com/opinion/lette…
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We have the plan, we have the public support, now we need full implementation from @roinnslainte @HSELive. #DoctorsForUHC – at Dublin City, Ireland
@DoctorsForUHC believe Ireland deserves a universal health system where excellent care is available to all who need it, when they need it, based on clinical need & not ability to pay.
#doctorsforuhc
irishtimes.com/opinion/lette…